Toy.



C. M. WATROUS.

v TOY. APPLICATION FILED OUT. 7, 1914.

1,130,865, Patented Mar. 9, 1915.

WITNESSES:

CLIFFORD M. WATROUS,

OF EAST HAMPTO N CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO THE GONG BELL MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF nAsr' HAMPTON, connncr'rcu'r, A conronA- TION OF CONNECTICUT.

TOY.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Mar, 9 1915 Application filed October 7, 1914. Serial No. 865,415.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, CLIFFORD M. WAT- ROUS, of East Hampton, in the county of Middlesex and State of Connecticut, a citizen of the United States, have invented a new and Improved Toy, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates more especially to that class of toys known as wheeled toys, and an object of my invention, among others, is to produce a toy of this class that shall be extremely simple in construction and effective in its operation. 7

One form of toy embodying my invention and in the construction and use of which the objects herein set out, as well as others, may beattained, is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a view in side elevation of a toy embodying my invention. I front view of the same. Fig. 3 is a view in section on line 3'3 of Fig. 2.

In the accompanying drawings the numeral i denotes a set of wheels supporting an axle 5 secured to the wheels, and with chimes mounted on and secured to the axle. In the preferred form of construction and as shown herein, there are two sets of chimes, each set consisting of two gongs 6 (each gong resembling a hemisphere) secured with their edges a short distance apart and with a sounding member loosely confined in the chamber within the gongs, in a manner common to structures of this class, the arrangement and mounting of this sounding member being immaterial to the present invention.

An eccentric 7 is secured to the axle between the chimes, and an object 8, herein shown as a horse with a rider thereon, is mounted upon this eccentric, a hole 9 being made in the object to receive the eccentric. The object is unsupported except for the eccentric, and is therefore free to assume different positions caused by the operation of the eccentric. In the preferred form of construction the object is so evenly'bal'anced that it may touch the surface upon which the toy is supported both at the front and back of the axle, the weight being so distributed that the ob 'ect will remain with either its front or back end in contact with such surface. the eccentric turns the object 'will be not only raised and lowered at itscenter but it Fig. 2 1s a A resultof this is that as will be caused to be tipped alternately for ward and backward, thus presenting a very effective simulation of the movements of the object, especially as of ahorse 'in'trotting. These different extreme positions are illustrated in Figs. 1 and 3 of the drawing. The toy is preferably assembledby head mg one end of the axle and securing a nut 11 at the opposite end, the hubs 12 of the wheels resting against the gongs, the latter being relatively positioned by sleeve spacers 13 upon the axle and also resting against the hub 14 of the eccentric.

It will be noted" that the construction is such as to enable the toy to be produced and sold at an extremely low cost,'and further than this the construction with the object freely mounted on the eccentric, that is otherwise unsupported, enables a very effective simulation of the natural movements of the object represented by the figure to be produced, and this especially when a flexible connection, as a cord 10, is attached to the front end or head of the object for the purpose of drawing the toy.

While I have shown and described herein a satisfactory construction of toy embodying my invention, this may be departed from to a greater or lesser degree andyet be within the spirit and intentof the invention.

I claim 1. A toy including wheels with an axle secured thereto, an eccentric secured to said axle, an object having a hole to receive the eccentric and mounted thereon and otherwise unsupported, means for preventing movement of the object lengthwise of the axle, and adraft member secured to the object to move the toy along.

2. A toy including wheels, an axle secured to the wheels, an eccentric secured to said axle, an object mounted on the eccentric and having a hole to receive the eccentric, said object being unsupported at both ends, means for preventing movement of the object lengthwise of the axle, and a draft member secured to the object to exert a substantially uniform draft thereon to move the toy along.

3. A toy including a set of wheels, an axle secured to the wheels, an eccentric secured to the axle, an object loosely mounted and unrestrainedly movable upon said eccentric,

her secured to the object to move the toy along.

4:. A toy includinga set of Wl186lS,'3,I1 axle secured to said Wheels, an eccentric secured to said axle, an object loosely and unrestrainedly mounted on said eccentric and substantially balanced thereon With its ends disposed to move-into the plane of the surface upon which the Wheels rest, and means for retaining the object upon said eccentric.

5. A toy including a set of Wheels, an axle secured to said Wheels, an eccentric secured to said axle, an object loosely mounted and unrestrainedly movable upon said eccentric, and gongs secured to the axle upon Copies of this patent may be obtained. for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents;

opposite sides of said object to retain it in' place upon the eccentric.

an object, mounted upon said part and substantially balanced :thereon and otherwise unsupported, means for e preventing move ment of the 0b ectlengthwise of the axle, and a draft member attached directlyto the object to move the toy alon CLIFFORD M. WATROUS'. l/Vitnesses :7 V

'AUGUsTA H. WOLFE, CLARA DIoKsoN.

Washington, D. G. 

